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About Library

The IMSc Library is the information backbone of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences. It also acts as a regional library for Southern India and provides information resources to support acdemic and research activities in the areas of Mathematics, Theoretical Physics and Theoretical Computer Science.

The primary task of the Library is to enhance and maintain its holdings of books, journals and other sources of information. It is equally important for the library to make the access to these resources user-friendly.

IMSc Library - the library of the future will be less a place where information is kept than a portal through which the user community within and outside IMSc will access the vast information resources of the world. This library will bring together the scholars and the information resources without necessarily bringing either one to a physical building with card catalogues and books. The IMSc Library is committed to:

* Use of technology to enable user access in a global context;
* Designing and refining innovative services to meet user needs;
* Wise and responsible use of fiscal resources through sharing;
* Providing the richest array of information possible; and
* Remaining the premier academic and research library in the country with global access

Some of the features that distinguish IMSc library are:

* Finest collections of early printed books and research materials.
* NBHM has recognized this library as Regional library in the areas of mathematics and allied subject areas.
* The library enjoys intensive use of its resources and services. The library posses a state of the art IT infrastructure that includes RFID based system for self check-in/check-out of library materials.
* 24x7 access to the library services, perhaps the only library of this kind in the country.